Enhancing Louisiana Health Professionals in Communication Methods/Strategies to Increase COVID 19 Vaccination Rates of Residents of Vulnerable Communities (LaHealthCom)

项目摘要/摘要 对路易斯安那州的卫生专业人员进行沟通方法/战略方面的教育 提高弱势社区居民接种新城疫疫苗接种率 (LaHealthCom) 引言 按人口计算，洛杉矶的新冠肺炎发病率为2960/10万，居美国首位 按人口计算死亡人数排名第五，死亡率为每10万人中有97人死亡。此外，还有 尤其令人不安的是洛杉矶的人口趋势，黑人所占比例最高 病例(40.2%)和第二高的死亡百分比(48.7%)。预防流行性感冒的疫苗 新冠肺炎正在开发29种候选疫苗进行临床评估，其中6种处于研发阶段 第三阶段。为了减少与新冠肺炎相关的发病率和死亡率，批准的疫苗必须是 在社区中迅速传播。对医疗保健系统的不信任和不信任 实验的缺失为新奇新冠肺炎的快速和广泛接受制造了障碍 在弱势群体中进行预防和治疗干预。令人惊讶的是，许多少数民族 现在不生活在脆弱社区的医护人员也不愿让 接种疫苗和/或接种疫苗。我们药学院经常经历这种情况 在与他们在弱势社区诊所工作的医护人员中，社区 药房和教堂。这种不情愿也出现在值得注意的泽维尔 药学专业的学生。 路易斯安那州COVID基地19号疫苗接种赠款，路易斯安那州社区参与研究 在受影响程度不成比例的社区结成反对新冠肺炎的联盟“(La-Cal-附件) 将实现对弱势社区居民对 接种新冠肺炎疫苗，以制定有效的媒体和传播战略 重点关注这些社区的居民，这将增加他们对 消除阻碍、参与疫苗接种过程以及临床试验的障碍。充分地 实施这一战略需要6到9个月的时间。然而，各种各样的健康 专业人士已经在与这些居民会面，并尽其所能 鼓励接种疫苗，并学习如何有效地鼓励 弱势社区接种疫苗，将产生更直接的影响， 随着时间的推移将是可持续的。因此，这项提案将首先确定应对19号冠状病毒的障碍 卫生保健提供者面临的疫苗接种和成功的教育战略 用于帮助他们克服这些障碍，并在 鼓励居民接种疫苗的方式。第二，以医护人员为重点 在教堂、联邦合格的医疗诊所和社区药房工作 脆弱地区以及泽维尔药学学院和医生助理计划 这些组织的教职员工和学生，这些数据将用于创建创新 针对卫生保健专业人员对新冠状病毒19的态度的教育策略 接种疫苗，并帮助他们培养沟通和消息传递能力 用于他们所服务的弱势社区的居民。由此产生的教育 这些方法将在这些获得联邦资格的教会中实施和测试 脆弱地区的卫生诊所和社区药房以及泽维尔学院 药房和医生助理计划，评估和修订。最后，最佳实践将 在泽维尔实施，并在#年向弱势社区组织传播 他们所服务的以及其他卫生保健提供者教育机构，如大学 医学、护理和药学及其专业继续教育协会。

Project Summary/Abstract Educating Louisiana Health Professionals in communication methods/strategies to increase COVID 19 vaccination rates of residents of vulnerable communities (LaHealthCom) Introduction LA ranks first in the US for COVID-19 cases by population with a case rate of 2,960 per 100,000 and is fifth in deaths by population with a death rate of 97 per 100,000. Furthermore, there are especially disturbing demographic trends in LA with Blacks representing the highest percentage of cases (40.2%) and second highest percentage of deaths (48.7%). Vaccines for prevention of COVID-19 are in development with 29 candidate vaccines in clinical evaluation, of which 6 are in Phase 3. To reduce COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality, an approved vaccine must be disseminated with rapid uptake in the community. Mistrust of the health care system and mistrust of experimentation create barriers to rapid and wide- spread acceptance of novel COVID-19 preventive and therapeutic interventions among vulnerable groups. Surprisingly, many minority health care workers who are not now living in vulnerable communities are also reluctant to get vaccinations and/or to give vaccinations. Our College of Pharmacy have experienced this regularly among the health care staff with whom they work in vulnerable community clinics, community pharmacies and churches. This reluctance also occurs among a noteworthy percentage of Xavier’s pharmacy students. Louisiana’s Base COVID 19 vaccination grant, “Louisiana Community-Engagement Research Alliance against COVID-19 in Disproportionately Affected Communities” (La-CEAL - attached) will achieve understanding of the perceptions of the residents of vulnerable communities about COVID-19 vaccination in order to develop effective media and communication strategies focused on the residents of these communities that will increase their knowledge of, and address barriers to, participation in the vaccination process as well as clinical trials. To fully implement this strategy will take between 6 and 9 months. However, a variety of health professionals are already meeting with these residents and, to the extent they can be encouraged to become vaccinated and learn how to effectively encourage residents of vulnerable communities to become vaccinated, will have an even more immediate impact that will be sustainable over time. As such, this proposal will first, identify barriers to COVID 19 vaccination faced by health care providers and successful educational strategies that could be used to help them overcome these barriers and communicate to vulnerable communities in a manner that encourages residents to be vaccinated. Second, with a focus on health care staff working in churches, Federally Qualified Health Clinics and Community Pharmacies in vulnerable areas as well as Xavier’s College of Pharmacy and Physician Assistant program faculty and students who staff these organizations, this data will be used to create innovative educational strategies to address the attitudes of health care professionals towards COVID 19 vaccination as well as help them develop communication and messaging capabilities to be used on the residents of vulnerable communities they serve. Resultant educational approaches will be implemented and tested in these same churches, Federally Qualified Health Clinics and Community Pharmacies in vulnerable areas as well as Xavier’s College of Pharmacy and Physician Assistant program, evaluated and revised. Finally, best practices will be implemented at Xavier and disseminated to the vulnerable community organizations in which they serve as well as to other health provider educational institutions such as Colleges of medicine, nursing and pharmacy and their professional continuing education associations.